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Yu Suzuki’s Photo Gallery at GDC Shenmue Postmortem Conference

Missed Yu Suzuki’s conference? You can still watch it here. We also have a photo gallery to share with you!

Photo Credits: Tomás Cofré with Special Thanks to Ken Luna Tanamachi

Yu Suzuki about to start the conference!
Yu Suzuki about to start the conference!
Yu started with an itroduction to his work
Yu started with an itroduction to his work
Yu Suzuki
Yu Suzuki
Yu Suzuki talking about his ideas for an RPG
Yu Suzuki talking about his ideas for an RPG
Let's start the Shenmue talk!
Let’s start the Shenmue talk!
"The old man and the Peach Tree" was the 1st prototype
“The old man and the Peach Tree” was the 1st prototype
Yu explaining what the 1st prototype was about
Yu explaining what the 1st prototype was about
2nd prototype for Shenmue was "Akira's history"
2nd prototype for Shenmue was “Akira’s history”
Yu Suzuki learning martial arts
Yu Suzuki learning martial arts
Research China trip photos
Research China trip photos
Research China trip photos
Research China trip photos
Akira's early concept art
Akira’s early concept art
Shenmue got named like that until 1999
Shenmue got named like that until 1999
Cinematics, one of the game's key features
Cinematics, one of the game’s key features
QTEs : Quicktime Events, interactions between gameplay and cinematics
QTEs : Quicktime Events, interactions between gameplay and cinematics
Seed theory helped a lot to compress the game by optimizing resources
Seed theory helped a lot to compress the game by optimizing resources
The same seed theory was used to build the cities
The same seed theory was used to build the cities
It is quite impressive how much tech was put into this game!
It is quite impressive how much tech was put into this game!
What? No Shenmue II?
What? No Shenmue II?
Q&As: Sorry folks, no Shenmue III, maybe if he gets the right chance!
Q&As: Sorry folks, no Shenmue III, maybe if he gets the right chance!
Space Harrier talk
Space Harrier talk
Initially Space Harrier was going to be about a jetplane!
Initially Space Harrier was going to be about a jetplane!
Thanks for the conference Yu!
Thanks for the conference Yu!
Yu Suzuki signing autographs!
Yu Suzuki signing autographs!
Alright!
Alright!
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